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The influx of new users here has also encouraged a lot of unsavory denizens to relocate here as well.

I've already been harassed by a user and I am seeing a few trolls here and there posting with impunity and provoking users. We need better moderation or else shit will go downhill very fast here.

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[–] kabe@lemmy.world 95 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You should report any unsavory comments to the moderators of the community they appear in.

If you're being targeted or harassed through DMs, contact the instance admin directly.

[–] ElectroVagrant@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Basically this. I do try to skim over many of the new posts here, but I'm not here 24/7, so reports are very much appreciated for helping pinpoint spammers and worse.

Also a little reminder that community moderators (& instance admins besides the owner) are community members as well, which is to say, they're simply here in a similar way to anyone else. You can even spin up a community here to see what tools mods have to work with if you happened to be interested, which uh...Is definitely another area of improvement for Lemmy; and if you were really dedicated, you could spin up a whole instance to see what the admins have to work with, which I gather is also somewhat lacking.

Regardless, don't be afraid to use the report tool, DMs, & support communities, e.g. !support@lemmy.world, for reaching out to mods/admins for any negative interactions you run into and behavior that appears in direct violation of a community's rules, & the instance code of conduct. Also in the event a community itself is a concern and you don't want to report posts/comments there out of concern of its moderators targeting you, go straight to the admins via DMs/email or whatever other contact method they offer outside of the instance, as this is likely the safest way to approach that situation.